It is notable for its many large rock faces and its long ice couloirs, which are famous in mountaineering circles, and have seen a number of highly technical ascents.

[notes 1] The official USGS name does lack the grammatically correct apostrophe.

It also makes climbing to the true (east) summit from the west ridge (the least technical route) very difficult.

The first ascent of The Moose's Tooth was in June, 1964, by four Germans (Walter Welsch, Klaus Bierl, Arnold Hasenkopf and Alfons Reichegger), via the Northwest Ridge.

[5] In July 1975, Jon Krakauer, Thomas Davies, and Nate Zinsser made the second ascent of the main summit, via a couloir on the south face which they called the "Ham and Eggs Route."